transgression
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See also: Transgression
English
Etymology
From Middle English transgressioun, from Old French transgression, from Late Latin trānsgressiō, from Latin trānsgressus (perfect active participle of trānsgredior (“I step across”)) + -iō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹænsˈɡɹɛʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
transgression (countable and uncountable, plural transgressions)
- A violation of a law, duty or commandment.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Joshua 24:19:
- And Ioshua said vnto the people, Ye cannot serue the Lord: for hee is an holy God: he is a ielous God, he will not forgiue your transgressions nor your sinnes.
- An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries.
- (geology) A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata.
Translations
violation of a law, command or duty
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act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
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relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
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French
Noun
transgression f (plural transgressions)
- transgression (violation)
Further reading
- “transgression”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Middle English
Noun
transgression
- Alternative form of transgressioun